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How to Access Canadian Charity Data via API

This technical guide explains how to programmatically obtain Canada's national list of registered charities (≈85,000 records) published by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as open data. The dataset is distributed as ~20 CSVs (three key files for identification, websites and directors) on the Open Government Portal and is refreshed annually from T3010 returns. The article shows three access options: querying individual resources via the CKAN datastore API, downloading and joining the CSVs by Business Number (BN), or using an Apify Actor (Canada Charities Scraper) that returns a joined, decoded single-record-per-charity JSON API. The Actor is exposed via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and is priced at $6 per 1,000 records for the hosted service.

Canadian Advertisers Adapt Amid US Tariff Turmoil

An AdExchanger analysis examines how US tariffs and related sentiment are reshaping Canadian advertising. Since early talk of a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, Canadian attitudes toward the US have cooled, with consumer boycotts and counter-tariffs reducing US product availability and tourism. Advertisers report shifts in spend and media mixes: some brands trim budgets while others invest more in local publishers, though many Canadian marketers still rely on US tech infrastructure for scale. Notably, 92% of digital ad dollars go to non-Canadian platforms, totaling about $7.5B in ad revenue from 2017 to 2025. The piece highlights regulatory differences—Canada’s Privacy Act (1983) and PIPEDA (2000)—and a tightly regulated media landscape (CRTC content rules, 2024 rules for foreign streaming contributions). Campaigns such as Maple Leaf Foods’ Look For The Leaf illustrate Buy-Canadian messaging. Public opinion polls show sizable boycott intentions, impacting how brands plan long-term advertising strategies in Canada.